Brick-kiln



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J. W. PENFIELD.

BRICK KILN.

Patented Dec. 15, 1891.

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No. 465,288. Patented Dec. 15, 1891.-

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BRICK KILN.

No. 465,288. Patented Dec. 15,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

JAMES IN. PENFIELD, OF WILLOUGHBY, OHIO.

BRICK-KILN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,288, dated December15, 1891.

Application filed August 18,1891. Serial No. 403,033. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. PENFIELD, of Willoughby, in the county ofLake and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brick-Kilns; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in brick-kilns of the variety knownas continuous-burning kilns; and it consists in certain features ofconstruction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan taken at thefloor-line. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation in longitudinal sectionshowing more especially the partition or cross-wall E. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on line w 00, 2, extending lengthwise a wall E. Fig.4 is an enlarged horizontal section on line y y, Fig. 2, and extendinglengthwise the furnace. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing a portion of theright-hand face of a wall E relative to Fig. 2.

In constructing a brick-kiln accordingto my invention a rectangular platof ground is leveled off and divided into two equal sec-' tions by adriveway, and each section is provided with a series of furnaces A,extending crosswise the plant, each furnace having an adjacentco-operating flue B, extending parallel therewith, a fiue and furnacebeing separated, say, sixteen inches, more or less, or the thickness ofa partition-wall E that is to be built between the line of a flue andfurnace. The one side of the arch of a furnace is solid, as at A, whilethe other side of the furnacearch has a series of openings a,alternating with solid sections a. Openings a lead into the compartmentabove the furnace and lead, also, into the adjacent flue B, the latterhaving vertical openings 1), leading through the floor and closed bydampers b. WVhen dampers b are closed, all the products of combustionfrom a furnace must pass through openings a into the compartment abovesuch furnace, except what is necessary to fill the flue may pass throughopenings on into the next' adjacent flue B, and from thence .may passinto the compartment above the flue. Flues B at one or both ends connectwith chimneys D, the latter being provided with dampers at c forregulating the communication between a flue B and its chimney. Thepartition or cross-walls E are supposed to divide the sections of theplant into equal compartments,

side and the end walls of the kiln all being permanently built withsuitable doorways, as shown in the side walls,to give access .to eachcompartment. Each. cross-wall Esay about half-way up the wall-has ahorizontal flue E constructed therein. Openings E are located,preferably, above openings b aforesaid, and, on the same side of thecross-wall, lead into flue E, and the opposite side wall of this flue isdivided into solid sections 6 and checker-work 6, (see Figs. 3 and 5,)the solid sections being directly opposite openings E Inside of flue Eare flat tiles e set edgewise and serving as dampers forvclosing, orpartially closing openings E The arrangement of solid wall andchecker-work shown distributes the heat well into the adjoiningcompartment that receives the heat. Loose bricks areleft in either sidewall opposite the flue E, by removing which a rod may be inserted toshift dampers 6 What I claim is l A brick-kiln comprising a series ofcompartments with corresponding series of furnaces and lius, a furnaceand co-operating' flue communicating with each other and communicatingwith the compartments, respectively, above such furnace and flue, thedivision-wall between compartments having a horizontal flue constructedtherein and having a series of openings communicating with these wallsand the arches" above and thethe adjacent compartments, theopeningst'rom In testimony whereof I sign this speoifiow one compartmentinto the flue being located tion, in the presence of two witnesses, this25th between the openings from the flue into the day of July, 1891.

other compartment, the Wall opposite the .in- JAMES XV. PENFIELD. 5duotion-openings being solid with eheoker- Witnesses: work between suchsolid section of the wall, 0. H. DORER,

substantially as set forth. WVARD HOOVER.

